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| Directed by | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Produced by | Gina Black Stefan Wodoslawsky |
| Screenplay by | Jason Bourque |
| Starring | Michael Shanks Alan Andrews Alexandra Davies Saskia Hampele |
| Studio | Screen Tasmania |
| Distributed by | IFM/Filmways |
| Release date(s) | August 4, 2010 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Australia Canada |
| Language | English |
Arctic Blast is a 2010 disaster film. Its world premiere took place at the 2010 Canadian Film Festival in Sydney, at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema, on August 4.
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The plot is centered around a colossal blast of heavily chilled mesosphere air, spreading over the Earth after a solar eclipse combined with the effects of environmental pollution caused a hole in the ozone layer. The catastrophic event threatens to engulf the entire world in ice. As Hobart, Tasmania is hit by the cold front with temperatures of below 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit, causing people to die almost instantaneously, physicist Jack Tate (Michael Shanks) tries to find a solution while protecting his family.
The film was shot in Tasmania. The executive producer is Antony I. Ginnane, whose venture IFM/Filmways was responsible for the film release in Australia and New Zealand.[1] The other executive producers are Tom Berry and Pierre David.